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  1. icm
    That may be the thought process, but it tends to backfire badly when the live-action version is bad. See M. Night Shyamalan's 2010 live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jonathan Frakes's 2004 live-action adaptation of Thunderbirds.
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    I haven't seen this news reported on any of the major English-language Lego blogs, so I'm taking it with a grain of salt for now. Until there's more information, I regard these supposed live-action Lego films as no more real than any of the umpteen Star Wars films that have been announced and canceled since ~2016.
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    If I had to pick just one I would say the original 918 single-seat spaceship. It's perfectly sleek, simple, swooshable, and easy to build and rebuild. When pulling a set out of storage for a relaxing evening build I tend to go for smaller, simpler sets over larger, more complex ones, so I've built and rebuilt my 918 more often than my 924 or 928. Also, you can make a little squadron of 918s more easily than you can make a squadron of 928s.
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    Could be. Then it would only be good for Dreamzzzspace.
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    I might get just the car from each of those. The trans dark blue windscreen on the Iron Man car will be good for Classic Space, Futuron, Exploriens, Space Police 3, and Dreamzzzspace builds.
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    Right, the point is that minifig scale is a very flexible range even when you're talking about a true scale and not getting into playscale (ie Millennium Falcon playsets, etc).
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    Most builders of minifig scale military aircraft use 1:35, and Cobi makes a lot of minifig scale military aircraft in 1:32. It's not even the largest plausible minifig scale either. 8w Speed Champions sets are minifig scale, and they're about 1:25. Some people like to set minifig scale at about 1:45. It's a very broad range, almost a factor of two!
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    So they ban it because it would be too much effort to do a good job maintaining it.
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    I'd say it's more like the effort to maintain a parts catalog for every other company would be overwhelming, because you'd need a parts catalog for every company in order to support parts lists for mocs and mods that use non Lego parts.
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    (apologist hat on) Hear me out - usually Lex would need a mech to have a chance against Superman, but here Lex is wearing a bodysuit made of basically nothing but kryptonite and that's the reason why Supes is so depowered that he needs a mech to have a chance against Lex. See, it makes perfect sense! (apologist hat off)
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    Oh, that ship. I think it would make a nice Starship Collection set in the $60 range or a nice playset in the $160 range.
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    What ship is that?
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    On the contrary, I think it would be easy to add Force ghosts to OT playsets. After all, LSW adds minifigures that aren't precisely germane to a scene to sets all the time. Just add Force Ghost Ben to a playset with one or two tauntauns and a wampa, or a probe droid. Or add Force Ghost Ben to a Yoda's Hut playset. Or add Force Ghost Ben, Force Ghost Yoda, and Force Ghost Ani to any Endor playset. Easy peasy. Edit - heck, you could even add Force Ghost Ben to an X-wing and it would be relevant to the specific scene depicted!
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    You mean, what you'd really prefer is a full fledged return of Adventurers in which you could insert your 2023 Indiana Jones minifigs. Right?
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    Looks like it's not just Lego releasing a full starting grid of F1 cars next year. Hot Wheels is doing it too. I suppose this merchandising push probably originated with F1, rather than being Lego's idea. https://www.thedrive.com/news/formula-1-hot-wheels-are-coming
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    That is incredibly impressive work. Your dedication to the craft is amazing. Heading to Rebrickable now!
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    It isn't listed in the more recent post from Lego_Minecraft_Goat, so I hope it isn't a mistake. It would be nice if it was a larger spaceship to go with CS'24.
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    That looks very good. I like the use of the Mando N-1 nose cone and the Lightyear windscreen. The studsy look and flat, blunt tail suit Classic Space. Do you think you'll put the digital file up anywhere like Bricksafe or Rebrickable?
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    It's important to remember that the set designers didn't aim for 1969 parts when they were designing the Saturn V. It was late in the design process that they noticed the parts count was very close to 1969, and at that point it was easy to make a few small adjustments to achieve the easter-egg parts count. Since the parts count of the Lunar Rover ended up at 1913 with lots of tiny little detail parts, I think it would have taken a pretty big adjustment to the build to add 59 more parts to bump it up to 1972. I don't think it would have been worth the effort if they were already at their budget. On the other hand, if they had budget left over it would have been nice to get 59 more parts for another side build or piece of equipment.
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    I'd say get both, but only if you can get them without minifigs for half price each. I got the X-Jet without minifigs for $20 plus tax, and the Hoopty without minifigs for $40 overall. I was able to get the 2019 Captain Marvel and the CMF Photon minifigs for about $5 each, which gave me the Hoopty for $50 in total - still overpriced for a 420-piece set, but not egregiously so. I think they're both pretty well-designed, solid swooshy ships with big fun color windscreens and lots of room for minifigs, but they both cost over twice as much as they reasonably should.
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    @Snowman184, legoturtle is no longer on this forum. You don't need to reply to anything that user has posted.
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    Xalax racers (8 pieces each) were $3 in 2001, which is $5.32 today. The little Drome pullback racers without full minifigs (~25 pieces) were $4 in 2003, which is $6.84 today. So with the CMF price point at $5 for 5-16 pieces, this sounds very much like Xalax G2.
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    Very impressive. I'm tempted to shell out some coin for this.
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    The function of GWPs is to substitute for discount sales so that Shop at Home, which isn't allowed to discount sets significantly until end-of-life, can compete with retailers like Amazon and Walmart, which regularly discount sets 20%. Although I don't like some sets being paywalled as GWPs with high thresholds, I do like to get a desirable GWP that's approximately 20% of the value of the set I'm buying. Otherwise there's little reason to buy at full price from Shop at Home.
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    https://www.thedrive.com/news/aston-martin-f1-safety-car-just-crashed-heavily-at-f1s-fastest-track This isn't strictly Lego news, but I think it's interesting that one of the cars featured in the 2024 Speed Champions lineup just crashed. I hope they can get it put back together again!
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